Welcome to Visual Language


One Point Perspective
Draw on the pictures to show how the artist has used perpective and reveal the vanishing point in the artwork.

Check out a more detailed version of the works here. The Annuciation of St Emidius



Texture Theory




Pebbles Texture Drawing
Use the texture examples below and some of your own designs. Create a line drawing of pebbles that show different textures.





Objective Self Portrait Drawing




Weeping Woman Colour Exercise.


Use coloured pencils to colour in using to different colour schemes. For complementary colours use combinations of colour that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. For example red/green, blue/orange and yellow/purple. For Harmonious colours use combinations of colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel. For example yellow/orange/red or yellow/green/blue.





Facial Proportions

Use the following link and make a practise page for drawing peoples faces in proportion. Don't do cartoons, try to make it a realistic as possible.

http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/curriculum/VisualArts/12HandoutJ_Facial_Proportions_Gr8.pdf

Then practice drawing eyes, noses and mouths.

Next Term we will do a large drawing ready for painting. So get plenty of practise this session.



Written Projects

Reasearch about Henry Matisse and Joan MIro




Digital



  • Look at the shading example below. Print out the unshaded version and then complete using this as a guide.
http://www.artyfactory.com/portraits/pencil-portraits/pencil-shading-exercises.html
Click here to look at the original exercise on the art factory
http://www.artyfactory.com/portraits/pencil-portraits/pencil-shading-techniques.html
  • shading_exercise.jpg